Project Scope: Payment Authorizations across all lines of the business as well as 9 different markets - US / Canada / Mexico etc. Walmart + and Rewards platform happen on mainframe as well as new platform - they have to maintain and keep up the need while building the Next Gen system (Java).
Team Size & Breakdown: 8 person team - everyone was been with WMT for 20+ years
- All of them are Engineers
- C Pay - 2 members writing COBOL on IBM CIKS (connects to E Pay)
- Build in early 2000s which supported REST services and converts to E Pay
- E Pay - 6 members working on z/OS Sysplex which is written in C
- One is more focused on testing
Development Methodology: Kanban - sprints didn't work because they have high priority items that come in frequently
High-Level Individual Duties:
- Features / Enhancements
- Get the business request - write the code - work with the infrastructure team to make sure they understand the App
Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools):
- Z16 - AS/400
- Two layers - COBOL (CIKS) & C (fine to take someone good in one and can be serviceable / learn the other)
- DB2 - SQL (OLTP)
- JSON (for REST APIs)
- JCL
- Functional - Unit / Integration (Automation) testing - pre and post release
Nice-to-Haves:
- Big Query
- ServiceNow (change management tickets)
Required Skills : o Z16 - AS/400 o Two layers - COBOL (CIKS) & C (fine to take someone good in one and can be serviceable / learn the other) o DB2 - SQL (OLTP) o JSON (for REST APIs) o JCL o Functional - Unit / Integration (Automation) testing - pre and post release
Basic Qualification : Must have experience as a COBOL or C Developer, do not need to have both.
Additional Skills : Must have experience as a COBOL or C Developer, do not need to have both.
Background Check :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :
Project Verification Info :
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship No
Interview times set No
Type of project :Development/Engineering
Master Job Title :Dev: Mainframe/Legacy
Branch Code :Dallas